CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — John Winn Miller, publisher of the Concord Monitor and a member of The Associated Press board of directors, has resigned as the New Hampshire paper's leader.

Miller, who plans to return to his home in Kentucky to work on screenplays, film and television projects, announced his resignation to staff in a company-wide meeting Dec. 14. His last day is Friday.

Miller was elected in April to a three-year term on the AP board of directors. His departure as publisher after two years means he'll vacate his AP board seat.

He'll be succeeded at the Monitor by Mark Travis, publisher of the Valley News in Lebanon since 2008. He spent more than 20 years as a reporter and editor at the Monitor. He also worked as a reporter at the St. Petersburg Times and was a 2002 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.